Until recently, class A penicillin‐binding proteins (aPBPs) were the only enzymes known to
catalyze glycan chain polymerization from lipid II in bacteria. Hence, the discovery of two …

One of the most common bacterial shapes is a rod, yet we have a limited understanding of
how this simple shape is constructed. While only six proteins are required for rod shape, we …

Despite the central role of division in bacterial physiology, how division proteins work
together as a nanoscale machine to divide the cell remains poorly understood. Cell division …

RodZ of rod‐shaped bacteria functions to link MreB filaments to the Rod peptidoglycan (PG)
synthase complex that moves circumferentially perpendicular to the long cell axis, creating …

Gram-positive bacteria are protected by a thick mesh of peptidoglycan (PG) completely
engulfing their cells. This PG network is the main component of the bacterial cell wall, it …

To survive and adapt to changing nutritional conditions, bacteria must rapidly modulate cell
cycle processes, such as doubling time or cell size. Recent data have revealed that cellular …

All cells must increase their volumes in response to biomass growth to maintain intracellular
mass density within physiologically permissive bounds. Here, we investigate the regulation …

Cells must increase their volumes in response to biomass growth to maintain intracellular
mass density, the ratio of dry mass to cell volume, within physiologically permissive bounds …